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Hi Gents.

Been busy getting my car as near perfik as I can. Got a standard LHD and have used it nearly everyday for three years now.
I started with the brakes. I wanted to replace the discs all round and new pads obviously. Audi as you know are a rip off! over £ 200 per rear disc.
So i tried a Porsche dealer. A very helpful bloke came up with the following. The RS2 actually has fitted 928 p/n P928.351.043.60 & P928.351.044.60 discs on the front (£80.85 each) with 993 pads and calipers pads p/n P993.351.939.01 £81.24 / set.
The rear discs are no longer made by Porsche. These were p/n P951.351.041.02. I bought these from Euro car parts for just over £40.00 each and they are working fine with Porsche pads P964.351.939.03 £41.73.
Hope This is helpful.

Tyres. I here mubblings of how great PZero 245,s are. Well here is a story for you. Soon after I bought the car, I had to try it out to the max. I got to about 145 when the front RH tyre departed company with the car. I'll be honest and say the fact that I am still here is just luck and nothing to do with being able to drive a car with three wheels. The tyres were nearly new 245 40 17 Pzeros. The only 245 tyre that will fit on the Porsche 7 inch rims, despite what is said, is the now defunked SP from Dunlop. This had reinforced sidewalls and is actually about 4-5 mm narrower than a 225 tyre and was built soley for the RS2. There are two problems with fitting 245 40 17 replacements. The first is that the sidewall chaffes on the suspension arm and causes a blow out as most people have found out. The second is that by squeesing a 245 tyre on to the 7 inch rim the sidewall is stressed and eventually cracksl the tyre structure at the radius between the sidewall and the tread area. this is what happened to mine. I am running 225 45 17 Y rated Avons that are just fine. these are the same width and roll radius of the original Dunlops, as are any other make of this size. Perelli actually list the P zero Rosso 245,40 17 Y as the correct tyre for the car. I promise you it isn't.

Hello.
Thanx for the info, and I just wondered if You have that porsche blokes number at all , i'd love to give him a call, hopfully he can help me.
thx

Thanks for the info
The tyre issue is well known and I am, as we speak, downsizing from 245 contisports with 5-6mm left to 225/45/17 SO3s.
I am lucky I did not have the same problem on my first Vmax run !!!!!!!!

His name is Graham. Hes is the parts bloke at The Porsche Centre, Swindon. 01793 429 149. If you go there and collect your bits, pretend your rich and take a test drive in a 911 or Boxter. I did, and you will appreciate your RS2 even more. Dont tell him I said that though.

Thanx M8

welcome dave you are lucky you are here to tell the story !

i have always been very afraid of a tyre going bang at the wrong time.
i had a ball joint snap when i was 18 in my nova, that wa only 50 mph but it was scary enough ! skid mark was huuuuge !

Thanks for the info re discs etc - I'll squirrel that away for future reference. The bundle of invoices didn't include part nos for discs but the price looked too cheap for the Audi items.

My car came with a nearly new set of tyres - but not ones recommended for use on the RS2. Glad that when the inevitable happened - a puncture caused by a split several inches long between the tread and the side wall, that deflated the tyre almost instantly - I'd just pulled off the main road to open a gate up to the yard. Doesn't bear thinking about if that had happened at RS2 speed on the motorway. Now sporting more suitable shoes - Michelin Pilot Sport 2s.

One more qustion dave what is the size of your discs, are they 322mm , cos you have 993 brake pads they should be 322.

Hi Robo.
Yep, they were standard 322 OEM Porsche bits. I have fitted new Tyres discs and pads all round (ps. the handbrake is still <beep>) and It stops quick enough to make my missus dentures fly out her gob so thats good enough for me. The larger discs you may be considering wont make the car stop quicker, it will just require slightly less pedal pressure for the same braking force. If you change the fronts on there own the actual balance of the car will be upset under hard braking...something Porsche spent a lot of time sorting. You will be effectively applying less pedal pressure so therefore less braking at the rear, therefore inheriting problems which are most noticeable in corners under heavy braking. A full kit is probably the only option (£1500) but I would be interested to see if anyone can honestly say they are that much better.
Another tip.... fit the standard Porsche pads if you havent already. They are much better than the EBC crap I had before. I bought the soft street race spec ones and they turned out harder than virgins dick at a Britney concert and ate my discs..hence the new ones.

i thought the ebc set up would be good !!! red stuff pads up front with green stuff at the back ?!? help dave !

Dave you don’t have the part number for you’re 322 mm discs, are they 993 turbo discs or 964 discs?
They must be 964 322mm discs, because I got 993 and they don fit.

Did I just answer my self?????

Thanx.

I think a have confused myself. Ive got standard discs 308's not 322's like I said earlier. The p/n I listed are standard 928 dscs p/n P928.351.043.060 from any Porsche dealer.

David. EBC is a swear word for me now. I had reds up front and greens on the back. I had bad over heat probs and uneven and excessive where on the discs. It was worse on the back than the front. The standard Porsche pads are a lot softer. Anyone else had probs with them?

I mean standard 304 x 32mm.........sorry head up arse this morning. Its Monday!

Agree re EBC altough they were OK on S2. Again after some checking aroud I have gone with Ferodo DS2500 up front with great initial results.
Standard porsche are pagid me thinks